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Republican Senators seek to use CRA to void medical debt rule

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Republican senators have introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the rule that bans banks and credit unions from including medical debt on credit reports and generally prohibits the use of medical...more

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2024 Year in Review: Credit Reporting

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In 2024, Goodwin tracked four public enforcement actions related to credit reporting or credit repair services, consistent with the four actions tracked in 2023. Between 2017 and 2024, there were an average of four actions...more

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CFPB dismisses credit reporting enforcement action voluntarily

On February 28, the CFPB filed a joint stipulation of voluntary dismissal with prejudice in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, ending an enforcement action against a credit reporting agency, two...more

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CFPB levies $12.8M against auto financer for Covid-19 and other alleged credit reporting failures

On January 17, the CFPB issued a consent order and stipulation against an auto finance company for alleged violations of the FCRA, Regulation V and the CFPA. The Bureau alleged that, from 2019 through 2024, the company...more

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CFPB announces agreement with data broker subsidiary on a voluntary three-year government contract ban

On January 21, the CFPB announced that a data broker and credit reporting subsidiary of a credit reporting conglomerate has agreed not to seek government contracts with the CFPB for three years to avoid further actions by the...more

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CFPB fines credit reporting agency $15M for alleged violations

On January 17, the CFPB issued a consent order settling allegations that a consumer reporting agency (CRA) violated the FCRA and engaged in unfair acts and practices, violating the CFPA. The CFPB imposed a $15 million civil...more

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CFPB Sues Consumer Reporting Agency Regarding Investigations of Consumer Disputes

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​​​​​​​On January 7, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) filed a complaint against a nationwide consumer reporting agency (“Agency”) under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) and the Consumer Financial...more

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CFPB Orders Credit Reporting Agency to Pay $15 Million for Mishandling Consumer Disputes

On January 17, 2025, the CFPB issued a consent order against a large consumer reporting agency for failing to properly investigate consumer disputes concerning inaccurate information on consumers’ credit reports. The CFPB...more

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CFPB files complaint against CRA, alleging faulty dispute resolution procedures

On January 7, the CFPB filed a complaint against a consumer reporting agency, alleging violations of the FCRA and the CFPA’s prohibition on unfair acts or practices. The complaint alleges the company failed meet its...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Alleges Credit Reporting Agency Conducted Sham Investigations of Errors

On January 7, 2025, the CFPB filed a lawsuit against a nationwide consumer reporting agency for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The lawsuit claims the company’s investigation of consumer disputes was inadequate,...more

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CFPB Files Suit Against "Rent-to-Own" Business Alleging Illegal Lending Practices

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​​​​​​​​On July 26, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it filed a complaint against a point-of-sale financing company and its former chief executive officer in the United States District...more

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2023 Year in Review: Credit Reporting

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Welcome to the Credit Reporting chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review. Looking Ahead to 2024 - The CFPB’s announcement of a proposed rulemaking to remove medical bills from...more

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CFPB Bites of the Month - January 2024 - A Hazy Shade of Winter With the CFPB

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In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior and current month covered during the January 2024 webinar....more

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CFPB Bites of the Month - April 2023 - Stress Awareness Month and the CFPB

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In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior month covered during the April 2023 webinar....more

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CFPB Enters into $5.25 Million Consent Order with California Mortgage Servicer

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On November 17, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it entered into a consent order with a California-based mortgage servicer concerning its purported failure to provide certain borrowers...more

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Payment Processors: Are You Prepared to Uncover "Dark Patterns"?

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Risk management personnel who underwrite e-commerce merchants should have some basic understanding of the types of online merchant marketing and sales practices that are deceptive and misleading....more

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Alleges Dark Patterns in Advertising of Financial Products; Files Suit Against TransUnion and...

On April 12, 2022, the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a lawsuit against TransUnion, two of its subsidiaries, and former TransUnion executive John Danaher in his individual capacity for violating an...more

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CFPB Sues TransUnion and Senior Executive for Violating Law Enforcement Order Prohibiting Deceptive Marketing

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On April 12, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had filed a lawsuit in federal court against TransUnion, two of its subsidiaries, and its longtime executive for failing to implement...more

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Latest CFPB Lawsuit Sheds Light on Digital Dark Patterns

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A lawsuit filed by the CFPB last week against a national credit reporting agency provides some insight into the types of website features and designs that regulators like the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal...more

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2021 Year in Review: Consumer Finance

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[co-authors: Amelie Hopkins, and Collin Grier] The year 2021 started with the hope of COVID-19 vaccines and a return to (relative) normalcy, only to conclude with new variants that presented new challenges and extended...more

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CFPB Report: Major Credit Bureaus Failed to Meet Statutory Obligations in Response to Consumer Complaints

On January 5, the CFPB released its Annual Report of Credit and Consumer Reporting Complaints that analyzes complaint responses by the three major consumer reporting agencies (CRAs). The CFPB’s analysis reveals that recent...more

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CFPB Proposes Settlement with Debt Collector for Failing to Investigate Identity Theft Reports

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With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, credit card companies may face increased scrutiny, as Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Acting Director Dave Uejio recently stated that "credit reports play a huge role in...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (July 6, 2021)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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Consumer Complaints on the Rise - CFPB's Annual Complaint Report

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As required by the Dodd-Frank Act, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently provided to Congress its Consumer Response Annual Report for 2020. The report's introduction notes that, in 2020, the CFPB received more...more

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Using Credit Reporting as Debt Collection Strategy Has Changed

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Credit scores are important and frequently determine interest rates and can even impact insurance rates. For many years, judgment creditors could enforce their judgments in a variety of ways. Prior to 2017, judgment creditors...more

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